Neckband for shirts



M. E. MANIRE.

NECKBAND FOR SHIRTS.

APPLICATION HLED OCT- 25, 1918.

Patented Nov. 15, 19210 MOSES E. MANIRE, OF CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO MARSHALL B. KERR, 0F CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE.

NEOKBAND FOE SHIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 11921.

Application filed Uctober 25, 1918. Serial No. 259,699.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I. Moses E. Memes. a citizen of the United States. residing at Chapel Hill in the county of h arshall and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckbands for Shirts; and i do hereby declare the fob lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in neck bands for shirts.

An important object of this invention is to provide a neck band for shirts having means for engaging the rear collar button, which means consists of a pair of relatively free flaps having alining buttonholes for the reception of the collar button.

A further object of the invention is to provide a neckband for shirts having a plurality of collar buttonholes in the front sides thereof, thereby permitting of the neckband to be adjusted to necks of different sizes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a neckband oi the character described, which is neat in appearance comfortable to wear, durable in use and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification. and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts tl'iroughout the same,

Figure 1 is fragmentary perspective of a shirt having my improved neckband applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a fragment my improved neckband, showing the means i ,3 supporting the rear collar button, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing. wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 generically designates a shirt. Secured to the upper portion of the shirt by stitching is a neck band 6 comprised in my invention. My improved neck band consists of an inner and outer section 7 and 8, respectively, se

cured by stitching 9 along the upper edges thereof. The front ends of the neck band are provided with incisions 10. The in cisions 10 are traversed by rows of stitching 11. thus forming a plurality of collar buttonholes. The collar buttonholes in each of the ends of the neck band are adapted to aline for the purpose of receiving a collar button. it will be apparent that any or" the collar buttonholes may be ained for receiv' ing collar buttons, and thereby render the neck band adjustable.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, I have provided a pair of flaps 12 and 13 for supporting the rear collar button. The outer mm. her 8 or the neck band 6 is formed in two sections, and the inner end of each section terminates in the flaps 12 and 13; The flaps 12 and 1-3 are free at their upper and lower sides and are thus free to be drawn away from the neck band. suiiicientl to permit of the insertion of a collar button. Upon the placing of a collar button through the inner flap, the same isthen inserted through the outer fiap. The flaps 13 are 1: rovidedwith collar buttonholes 1'1 'Fuhile I have shown and described the pr ferred embodiment of invention, it is to be understood that I may make such minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts as will remain within the spirit oi the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

l'ilaving thus dercrihe'l my invention. what I claim is:

A shirt neckband comprising an inner ply in a single piece from the opposed m eting edges at the front of the shirt to avoid a rough or projecting portion to annoy the neck, outer bands stitched .to said inn r ply. the stitching terminating short of the rear ends of the outer bands, said ends forming relatively movable tabs overlapping and having req'istering hole, to receive the shank of a collar button whose base is retained. be tween the first ply and said bands.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence or two witnesses.

MOSES E. MANIRE. 

